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We are looking forward to playing at the RSPCA, Bluebell Ridge, Chowns Hill on Sunday at their Spring Fair. A perfect day out for all the family with a variety of stalls, including raffles, homemade cakes, books, toys and much more. The Cattery is also open for you to meet the resident cats who are looking forward to seeing some friendly new faces. This is one of our favourite charities which we love to support, would be great to see you there!

Rue are happy to be performing as part of the above event arranged by Tenterden Rotary Club. The event is being held at The Sinden Theatre with two performances, 2pm and 5pm. There will be a variety of acts, dancing, choirs, and many more! Hope to see you there supporting this great charitable organisation.

RUE had a good day last Thursday, We performed on behalf of St Michaels Hospice at Tesco in Hastings, taking part in a 12hr donation event. Some of us then went on to the SMH shop in Rye to present a cheque for £400 collected during this year at various performances especially for St Michaels Hospice..

Wishing all our friends a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year. RUE will not be meeting for the next two weeks, so see you Tuesday 9th January next year same time same place!!

We just wanted to share with you this mail from Maria at Sara Lee Trust

Dear Justine and the Rye Ukulele Experiment

I wanted to email to thank you all for giving up your time to play at our Christmas Fair on Saturday- you add such a wonderful atmosphere to the day so please pass on our grateful thanks to all the group, we are so grateful for your support.

We had a very successful day and have raised £2,665 to date from the Fair and Raffle which will allow us to provide essential care and support to many people across Hastings and Rother who are affected by cancer and other life threatening illnesses.

We are thrilled with the amount raised and thank you once again for everything you do to help and support us.

With very best wishes, Maria

This is one of our favourite events and so well attended we hope to see you at next years event!

Rue are playing Christmas songs tomorrow from 10:30am at the Sara Lee Trust Christmas Fair at St John the Evangelist, Brittany Road, Saint Leonards-on-sea TN38 0RD. Christmas Decorations and gifts, craft stalls, festive food and drink along with children’s activities and many other attractions are on offer. We also have it on good authority that Father Christmas will be popping in!

Catch us tomorrow between 12noon and 1pm. We’ll be playing at the Little Orchard, Open Gardens West Street, Rye
All in aid of The Music Well, a charity which promotes health and wellbeing in the local community, through the use of music. Come and support this worthy cause!

We wanted to share with you a lovely letter we received from Maria from the Sara Lee Trust. We had great fun and are looking forward to the next time!

Dear Justine and all the members of the Rye Ukulele Experiment,

Huge thanks for donating your time to play at our Christmas Fair on Saturday, it was so wonderful to have your fantastic music during the day, it completely lifted the atmosphere and we have received lovely feedback from all who attended on how much they enjoyed it.

We raised an incredible £2,646.12 from the Fair and Raffle which will be used to provide essential care and support services to local people living with cancer and other life threatening illnesses.

On behalf of everyone at the Trust, thanks once again – we really hope you enjoyed being part of the Fair and would love to see you all next year, to do it all over again.

We dusted off our jingle bells and raided our wardrobes for red things, and got into the mood at The Sara Lee Trust Christmas Fair, held in the beautiful church of St John the Evangelist, St Leonards. This wonderful charity raises funds to help families and people affected by cancer. There was a warm and friendly atmosphere and lots of people, and we were joined for a while by Tony, a uke player visiting from The Isle of Wight. Nice to meet you Tony!